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Book review: An Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
By Polly Castor on January 25, 2009Read moreIs reading considered an eccentric activity? What effect does the habit of reading have? The Queen is the uncommon...
00Today’s Poem: Both Sides of Devotion
By Polly Castor on January 24, 2009Read moreHere's a poem I wrote today watching the devotion both dog and owner had during a wintery walk. ...
Movie Review: Slumdog Millionaire
By Polly Castor on January 23, 2009Read moreI liked this movie: unvarnished and polished, sad and triumphant, disturbing and empowering, straightforward and complex. The restoring power...
Movie Review: Doubt
By Polly Castor on January 22, 2009Read moreI give this movie 2 stars, although Meryl Steep did a great job and deserved her academy award nomination...
My Mandoline Gratin
By Polly Castor on January 21, 2009Read moreI used the new mandoline I got for Christmas to make this lovely and delicious dish. It has...
Barack Obama Inauguration 2009
By Polly Castor on January 20, 2009Read moreWho would have thought a few years ago that we would witness having a black president in our lifetime...
Our New Amaryllis
By Polly Castor on January 18, 2009Read moreThe church flower committee contribution basking in the sun on our front table is a joy to see.
Statistic about Spiritual Healing
By Polly Castor on January 17, 2009Read moreAccording to a Gallup Poll, 40% of Americans claim that at one time or another they had a physical...
Quote on Perspective from Steve Jobs
By Polly Castor on January 16, 2009Read moreMy friend Fred emailed me the following quote from Steven Jobs, chairman of Apple Computer, who two days ago...
The Next Page is Done in My Box-a-Day Art Journal
By Polly Castor on January 15, 2009Read moreHere are some close-up photos of a few of my recent boxes from my daily art journal from the...
William Blake Quote on Virtue
By Polly Castor on January 14, 2009Read moreVirtue comes from spontaneously responding to the Creator and not from obedience to someone else's limited ideas. William...
Cauliflower Cheese Soup Recipe with Tilapia and Roasted Asparagus
By Polly Castor on January 13, 2009Read moreHere is a soup recipe that I customized from a Mollie Katzen recipe from the Moosewood Cookbook . ...